Six Franchises buy 119 players for Rs 2.03 crores at Inaugural T20 Mumbai League Player Auction
The exciting Player Auction for the inaugural edition Mumbai Cricket Association’s T20 Mumbai League conducted here on Saturday, 3rd March saw 119 players being bought by the six franchises who will compete in the 2018 season of the league to be played from March 11 - 21 at the Wankhede stadium.
The teams – Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South – collectively spent Rs 2.03 crores from a total budget of Rs 2.10 crores which was available to them. Each franchise had a budget of Rs 35 lakhs that they could spend for building a squad consisting of a minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 20 players. It was mandatory for the teams to spend a minimum of Rs 30 lakhs.
While the Icon Players had a base price of Rs 4 lakhs, the First Class Players (players that have represented Mumbai in the First-Class Trophy in the last three years) had a base price of Rs 1.5 lakhs
The List A Players (players that have represented Mumbai in other national domestic tournaments or India U-19 and India A teams in the last three years) were the next with a base price of Rs 1 lakh, followed by Emerging Players (players that have represented Mumbai in other national domestic tournaments or the U-19 or U-23 teams in the last three years) with a base price of Rs 75,000.
The final category was that of the Developmental Players (players that represent any club or team that is affiliated to MCA or any MCA affiliate teams), who had a base price of Rs 50,000.
The Player Regulations for the league made it mandatory for each Team to include only one Icon Player and 5 First Class Players in their squad. It was also compulsory for each franchise to include a minimum of 4 Emerging Players and/or Developmental Players in aggregate in the squad. The maximum that any team could bid for an Icon Player was capped at Rs 7 lakhs, while the cap was Rs 5 lakhs for the other categories.
Key figures from the T20 Mumbai League 2018 Player Auction
• Total number of players sold: 119
• Total money spent: Rs. 2.03 crores
• Total number of Icon players sold: 6
• Total number of First Class Players sold: 30
• Total number of List A Players sold: 17
• Total Number of Emerging & Developmental Players sold: 66
Final Squads for Each Team given in the attached excel workbook, along with pictures from Auction Day.
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